LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, third person-only in the passive

dīvergō

dīvergō (present infinitive dīvergere)

Meaning

  1. New Latinto diverge
  2. New Latinto diverge
    Prop. 16. Problema. [...] Corollarium. Hinc quoque satis patet radios A A &c. Parallelos, divergi ab aliquo puncto circiter N; quo ad sensum; etiamsi linea NM nonsit radiis A A &c., geometrice parallela.2006 translation by Ian Bruce Corollary. Hence too it is clear enough to the senses that if parallel rays A, A, etc., diverge from some point near N, then the line NM shall not be geometrically parallel to the rays A A etc.1663, James Gregory, Optica Promota
    §5. Prop. 29. [...] Corollarium 2. Hinc sequitur secundo, si unius puncti radii e diversis punctis divergantur, nullam dari, nec locum, nec visionem perfectam.2006 translation by Ian Bruce Corollary 2. Thus it follows secondly, if many points are sending out diverging rays in the same manner as a single point but at different places, then no conclusion is drawn by the eye: regarding the location nor is there perfect vision.1663, James Gregory, Optica Promota

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dīvergōdīvergēbamdīvergam———
2nd sg.dīvergisdīvergēbāsdīvergēs———
3rd sg.dīvergitdīvergēbatdīverget———
1st pl.dīvergimusdīvergēbāmusdīvergēmus———
2nd pl.dīvergitisdīvergēbātisdīvergētis———
3rd pl.dīverguntdīvergēbantdīvergent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dīvergamdīvergerem——
2nd sg.dīvergāsdīvergerēs——
3rd sg.dīvergatdīvergeret——
1st pl.dīvergāmusdīvergerēmus——
2nd pl.dīvergātisdīvergerētis——
3rd pl.dīvergantdīvergerent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dīvergordīvergēbardīvergar
2nd sg.dīvergeris
dīvergere
dīvergēbāris
dīvergēbāre
dīvergēris
dīvergēre
3rd sg.dīvergiturdīvergēbāturdīvergētur
1st pl.dīvergimurdīvergēbāmurdīvergēmur
2nd pl.dīvergiminīdīvergēbāminīdīvergēminī
3rd pl.dīvergunturdīvergēbanturdīvergentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dīvergardīvergerer
2nd sg.dīvergāris
dīvergāre
dīvergerēris
dīvergerēre
3rd sg.dīvergāturdīvergerētur
1st pl.dīvergāmurdīvergerēmur
2nd pl.dīvergāminīdīvergerēminī
3rd pl.dīverganturdīvergerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dīvergedīvergere
pres. 2nd pl.dīvergitedīvergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dīvergitōdīvergitor
fut. 3rd sg.dīvergitōdīvergitor
fut. 2nd pl.dīvergitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dīverguntōdīverguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedīvergeredīvergī
present participledīvergēns—
future participle—dīvergendus
dīvergundus
gerunddīvergendī, dīvergendō, dīvergendum

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīvergō

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin vergō Latin dīvergō From dis- + vergō (“to bend, turn, incline”).

Descendants
  • Catalandivergir
  • Englishdiverge
  • Frenchdiverger
  • Germandivergieren
  • Italiandivergere
  • Portuguesedivergir
  • Romaniandiverge
  • Spanishdivergir
  • Galiciandiverxer

In English words that came into English from dīvergō

  • divergedīvergō
  • divergencydivergentia

Quick answers

What does dīvergō mean in Latin?
dīvergō, a verb, means “to diverge; to diverge”.
What are the principal parts of dīvergō?
dīvergō, dīvergere (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, third person-only in the passive).
Where does dīvergō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīvergō.